Hanger insert



June 5, 1923. 1,452,613

w. E. WHITE HANGER INSERT Filed April 27. 1921 Patented .l n 5, 1923.

WILLIAM E. WHITE,' OF CHICAGO, ILOIS.

Application filed April 27, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. WHITE,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in. a Han er Insert, of which the following is a speci cation.

My invention relates to inserts and particularly to a novel device adapted for use in sustaining rods in a ceiling.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a relatively economical device adapted for the purpose described, and which may be used with facility for accomplishing the desired result. In concrete work it iscustomary, where a plaster ceiling is desired, to support the ceiling by means of a plurality of rods located closely adjacent to the face of the concrete. To this end numerous devices have been suggested for 11% in supportin the rods. The desired result is best secure by providing a lightweight anchor adapted to be embedded in the concrete and to allow some portion thereof to project in the form of a loop beneath the face of the concrete. In the device here disclosed many of the difiiculties heretofore encountered are obviated. The anchoring device is held in proper relation 0 by means of a housing adapted to be nailed to the form, the housing serving also to provide a recess for the acco odation of the separate rod supporting eement before the concrete is poured.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein,

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary sectional view showlng my novel device in position after 49 the concrete has been poured, and before the form has been stripped therefrom;

Fig. 2 is a view taken at right angles showing the position of the parts after the form has been removed; and

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the parts as shown in Fig. 1, with the form removed.

In the drawings it will be seen that the device comprises a length of wire which is,

bent to provide a loop consisting of two parallel portions 10, 11, joined at the bend '12, the free ends of the wire bein projected laterally to form hooks 13, wine serve as anchors when embedded in concrete, indirated at 14. The anchor engages through er1al no. eeasve.

suitable apertures 15, a housing in the form of a dished plate 16, having downwardly projecting marginal flanges 17. The horizontal portion of the plate is apertured at diagonally opposite corners to provide for nails or tacks 18, by means of which the device may be secured to a form. The plate is also provided with an offset portion 19, adapted to receive a ring 20, which ongages the looped wire at the bend 12, and which in normal operative position hangs suspended, as shown in Fig. 2. In this position it serves as a ready means for engagement by a rod disposed along the bottom face of the concrete.

It will be noted that due to the position of the fastening nails they will not interfew with the insertion of the rod in the ring, and they need not be cut or or bent over prior to that operation.

It will be understood that the word ring in the specification and claims is used in its general sense, and should be construed to relate to a continuous element of any desired shape having the function of a ring.

The housing which I employ may be relatively shallow due to the fact that the rin used as the suspending element is thin and requires but little space when in horizontal position. I am thereby able to avoid weakening the concrete by forming a large recess therein.

Because of the simplicity of the device and its ease of application, its use will be found to be highly satisfactory. Obviously variations and modifications may be made in the construction shown and I do not wish to be limited except as indicated in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In an insert, the combination of a wire bent upon itself to provide a loop havin adjacent parallel portions, the free ends 0 which are laterally ofiset to provide anchors, a ring suspended at the bend in said loop, and a housing, said housing being of a depth less than the diameter of said ring and providing a recess within which the ring ma be accommodated in a substantially honzontal position and when released to swim into a vertical position with'a portion 0 3% the rin opening below the "Tr-br ll. surf of the oug.

2. In an insert the combinadon a :r

bent upon itself to provide a loop, the free ends of the Wire constituting anchors, a ring suspended from the loop for oscillation thereon, and a shallow housing, said 5 housing being of a depth less than the diameter of said, ring and providing a recess Within which the ring may be accommoeeann dated in a substantially horizontal position and When released to swing into a vertical position with a portion of the ring opening 10 belon the bottom surface of the housing. Signed at Chicago, 111., this 23rd day of April, 1921.

WILLIAM E. WHITE. 

